When a social movement adopts the compromises of legislators, it has forgotten its role, which is to push and challenge the politicians, not fall in meekly behind them. We who protest...are not politicians. We are citizens. Whatever politicians may do, let them first feel the full force of citizens who speak for what is right, not for what is winnable, in a shamefully timorous Congress.


The Historic Unfulfilled Promise (ed. City Lights Publishers, 2012) - ISBN: 9780872865556

Howard Zinn Quotes

When a social movement adopts the compromises of legislators, it has forgotten its role, which is to push and challenge the politicians, not fall in...

When a social movement adopts the compromises of legislators, it has forgotten its role, which is to push and challenge the politicians, not fall in...

When a social movement adopts the compromises of legislators, it has forgotten its role, which is to push and challenge the politicians, not fall in...

When a social movement adopts the compromises of legislators, it has forgotten its role, which is to push and challenge the politicians, not fall in...